scraping
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈskreɪpɪŋ/
:
raspado
- Suddenly, there was a soft scraping against the outside door behind him.
- the sound of scraping
You're talking, honking, screaming, grunting, scraping.
- You're talking, honking, screaming, grunting, scraping.
Examples
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Nothing for a moment, then he hears it again - a scraping sound.
Fiction book (1996) -
We can almost hear the scraping of the chairs on the wooden floor.
Academic text (2001) -
A beat, silent but for a key scraping at the lock.
Fiction book (1996) -
Her feet shifted on the tile floor with a soft scraping sound.
Fiction book (1992) -
In their place was the scraping of chairs and the offscreen sounds of traffic.
Fiction book (1992) -
Pike finally hears the scraping of his feet as he approaches the car.
Fiction book (1992) -
Roger heard the scraping noises even over the pounding of his heart in his ears.
Fiction book (2000) -
And within the music, there had seemed to be a whisper, like the wind scraping leaves against the adobe.
Fiction book (1993) -
The printer makes a scraping sound that grates on Andrea's nerves.
Fiction book (1994) -
We can almost hear the scraping of the chairs on the wooden floor.
Synonyms
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2.1
A harsh scraping sound when two hard or rough things rub together
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1.2
A harsh scraping sound, for example from branches or a pen
9
3.2
A harsh, rough sound made when one thing rubs another
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4.2
A harsh scraping sound made when hard surfaces rub together
Antonyms
How Harsh
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scraping comes from the old verb scrape, which means 'to rub or scratch a surface' and often makes a sharp, grating sound; so a scraping is the harsh noise you hear when two things are rubbed together.